§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the qualifications of those persons who give X-ray treatment to prisoners;
(2) if the prison service adopts the policy of the Department of Health and Social Services in respect of the administration of radiography to prisoners;
(3) how many persons are employed by the prison service to give radiography; and how many of these are registered with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine;
229W(4) how many persons who are not registered with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine have given X-ray treatment to prisoners in the last year for which figures are available;
(5) how many prisoners have received X-ray treatment from persons who are not registered with the Council for Professions Supplemenetary to Medicine in the last year for which figures are available;
(6) what is the total number of X-ray sessions carried out in prison service establishments in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. JohnX-ray treatment, as opposed to radiological examination, is not given in any prison. When a prisoner requires such treatment it is given in a NHS hospital. As regards the number of people in the prison service who conduct radiological examinations, and the total number of such examinations that are carried out in prison service establishments, the information requested is not readily available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.